Smart Cities, Smart Future
Showcasing Tomorrow
1st Edition
Published on 15. October 2018
336 pages
978-1-119-51621-7 (ISBN)
Description
Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of cities. But will they be smart cities? Smart cities are complex blends of technologies, systems and services designed and orchestrated to help people lead productive, fulfilling, safe and happy lives.
This remarkable book is a window into our shared future. In crisp language and sharp detail, Mike Barlow and Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton explain how smart cities are powerful forces for positive change. With keen eyes and warm hearts, they invite readers to imagine the world of tomorrow, a fascinating world of connected cities and communities. They capture and convey the depth and richness of the worldwide smart city movement.
Smart Cities, Smart Future describes the impact of smart city projects on people in towns, cities and nations around the world. The book includes descriptions of ongoing smart city projects in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Looking Ahead to an Urban World
No two smart cities are alike. No one can say with certainty or precision what the term "smart city" means. There is no standard definition or common template. Today, smart cities are works in progress. They emerge from our hopes and our dreams.
This book provides you with the knowledge and insight you need to participate in the smart city movement. It explains how smart cities are "systems of systems" and introduces key concepts such as interoperability, open standards, resiliency, agility, adaptability and continuous improvement.
Includes Detailed Glossary of Terms and Essential Vocabulary
The book includes a detailed comprehensive glossary of essential smart city terms. The glossary will become your indispensable resource as you engage more deeply with the smart city movement and become more involved in planning our common future in an urban world.
Carefully Researched and Crisply Written
Smart Cities, Smart Future is carefully researched and fully documented. It includes interviews with leaders and experts in multiple disciplines essential to the development of smart cities, towns, regions, states and nations.
Written in the clean style of modern journalism, the book offers a strong and compelling narrative of a changing world. It reminds us that we are responsible for choosing our destiny and determining the shape of things to come.
The smart city movement is gaining speed and momentum. Read this book, and enjoy the ride!
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Content
1 - Cover [Seite 1]
2 - Title Page [Seite 5]
3 - Copyright [Seite 6]
4 - Contents [Seite 9]
5 - Foreword [Seite 11]
6 - Acknowledgments [Seite 19]
7 - Introduction [Seite 23]
7.1 - Collaboration Engines [Seite 24]
7.2 - Focused on People [Seite 25]
7.3 - Dealing with Obstacles [Seite 26]
7.4 - Will Government Help or Hinder? [Seite 26]
7.5 - Connected Ecosystems [Seite 27]
7.6 - Setting the Stage for Long-Term Success [Seite 29]
7.7 - Platforms for Continuous Innovation [Seite 30]
7.8 - Endnotes [Seite 31]
8 - Chapter 1 Cities of Our Dreams [Seite 33]
8.1 - What Makes a City Smart? [Seite 37]
8.2 - Cities on a Hill [Seite 39]
8.3 - A New Approach to City Planning [Seite 41]
8.4 - Thinking beyond Technology [Seite 42]
8.5 - Looking Backward [Seite 43]
8.6 - Smart by Necessity [Seite 45]
8.7 - Public-Private Partnerships [Seite 47]
8.8 - Open Data [Seite 50]
8.9 - Skin in the Game [Seite 53]
8.10 - Follow the Dream [Seite 55]
8.11 - Endnotes [Seite 58]
9 - Chapter 2 Data Cities [Seite 61]
9.1 - Open Is Smarter [Seite 63]
9.2 - Hacking in Berlin [Seite 66]
9.3 - Thousands of Layers [Seite 68]
9.4 - The Rise of Data Science [Seite 71]
9.5 - A Web of Information [Seite 74]
9.6 - Saving Water and Protecting Children [Seite 75]
9.7 - Cops, Firefighters, and Data Scientists [Seite 78]
9.8 - Endnotes [Seite 80]
10 - Chapter 3 Cities in Motion [Seite 83]
10.1 - Congestion Pricing [Seite 86]
10.2 - Expanding Opportunities [Seite 87]
10.3 - Car Culture Remains Strong [Seite 90]
10.4 - Will the Car Find a Parking Spot? [Seite 92]
10.5 - Learning to Love Big Data [Seite 93]
10.6 - Multimodal Mobility [Seite 95]
10.7 - Battling Complacency [Seite 97]
10.8 - Moving Goods and People [Seite 99]
10.9 - Jobs and Access to Transit [Seite 101]
10.10 - The Bottleneck at Morrill's Corner [Seite 103]
10.11 - Endnotes [Seite 104]
11 - Chapter 4 Forces of Attraction [Seite 109]
11.1 - Racing to Quality [Seite 110]
11.2 - Punching a Featherbed [Seite 113]
11.3 - A Billion Saved Is a Billion Earned [Seite 114]
11.4 - Big Brother and the Nanny State [Seite 117]
11.5 - Flatter Organizations and Circular Economies [Seite 118]
11.6 - The Future of Work Is the Future of Cities [Seite 122]
11.7 - Workforce Transformation [Seite 125]
11.8 - Endnotes [Seite 127]
12 - Chapter 5 Human-Centered Design [Seite 129]
12.1 - Targeting Hard Problems [Seite 131]
12.2 - Blending in Behavioral Science [Seite 132]
12.3 - Bringing Together Data and Design [Seite 135]
12.4 - Plain Language [Seite 137]
12.5 - Back to the Drawing Board [Seite 138]
12.6 - Invisible Heroes [Seite 140]
12.7 - Keeping It Simple [Seite 142]
12.8 - Single Purpose, Many Hats [Seite 142]
12.9 - Designing for Usability [Seite 143]
12.10 - Endnotes [Seite 145]
13 - Chapter 6 Citizens in the Loop [Seite 147]
13.1 - Weaving a Stronger Social Fabric [Seite 150]
13.2 - Knowledge Champions [Seite 153]
13.3 - Start-Up Government [Seite 154]
13.4 - Following Instincts, Not Tech Trends [Seite 155]
13.5 - Endnote [Seite 156]
14 - Chapter 7 We Decide [Seite 157]
14.1 - Updating Democracy [Seite 159]
14.2 - Ditch the Status Quo [Seite 161]
14.3 - Technopolitics [Seite 163]
14.4 - Collaborative Government [Seite 164]
14.5 - Strengthening Social Ties [Seite 168]
14.6 - Narrowing the Focus to Specific Segments [Seite 170]
14.7 - Works in Progress [Seite 172]
14.8 - It's the Journey, Not the Destination [Seite 173]
14.9 - Endnotes [Seite 175]
15 - Chapter 8 Smart Nation [Seite 177]
15.1 - Tabula Rasa [Seite 179]
15.2 - Fortune Plays a Hand [Seite 180]
15.3 - X-Road [Seite 182]
15.4 - Building Trust through Practice [Seite 184]
15.5 - Once Only [Seite 186]
15.6 - Turning an Attack into a Challenge [Seite 187]
15.7 - In the Know [Seite 189]
15.8 - The Shape of Things to Come [Seite 190]
15.9 - Endnotes [Seite 191]
16 - Chapter 9 Paint a Bull's-Eye on Them [Seite 193]
16.1 - The Bored [Seite 194]
16.2 - The Desperate [Seite 195]
16.3 - The Villainous [Seite 195]
16.4 - Small Disruptions Can Have Large Consequences [Seite 197]
16.5 - Data in Motion [Seite 200]
16.6 - People Are Worth More Than Data [Seite 202]
16.7 - Cybersecurity by Design [Seite 204]
16.8 - The Smart-City CISO [Seite 206]
16.9 - Hierarchies and Networks [Seite 207]
16.10 - A Universe of Connected People and Devices [Seite 208]
16.11 - Endnotes [Seite 210]
17 - Chapter 10 Finding a Balance [Seite 213]
17.1 - Data for Good [Seite 214]
17.2 - Location, Location, Location [Seite 216]
17.3 - Hard Questions [Seite 219]
17.4 - Algorithmic Bias [Seite 221]
17.5 - Can We Prevent Crime Before It Happens? [Seite 225]
17.6 - Red Flags [Seite 226]
17.7 - Will Smart Cities Respect Privacy? [Seite 227]
17.8 - Pushing Back [Seite 228]
17.9 - Endnote [Seite 230]
18 - Chapter 11 Deceptive Complexity [Seite 231]
18.1 - Progressive Development [Seite 235]
18.2 - Evolving Strategies [Seite 236]
18.3 - Enter the Smartivist [Seite 238]
18.4 - Defining the Smart-City Process [Seite 239]
18.5 - Six Fields of Action [Seite 241]
18.6 - Smart Economy [Seite 242]
18.7 - Smart Environment [Seite 242]
18.8 - Smart Government [Seite 243]
18.9 - Smart Living [Seite 243]
18.10 - Smart Mobility [Seite 244]
18.11 - Smart People [Seite 244]
18.12 - Toward the Fourth Generation of Smart Cities [Seite 245]
18.13 - Endnotes [Seite 246]
19 - Appendix A Organizations and Councils [Seite 249]
19.1 - Endnote [Seite 261]
20 - Appendix B Conferences and Events [Seite 263]
21 - Glossary [Seite 267]
21.1 - Endnotes [Seite 274]
22 - Recommended Reading [Seite 275]
22.1 - Nonfiction [Seite 275]
22.2 - Fiction [Seite 277]
23 - Meet Our Expert Sources [Seite 279]
24 - About the Authors [Seite 321]
25 - Index [Seite 323]
26 - EULA [Seite 339]
2 - Title Page [Seite 5]
3 - Copyright [Seite 6]
4 - Contents [Seite 9]
5 - Foreword [Seite 11]
6 - Acknowledgments [Seite 19]
7 - Introduction [Seite 23]
7.1 - Collaboration Engines [Seite 24]
7.2 - Focused on People [Seite 25]
7.3 - Dealing with Obstacles [Seite 26]
7.4 - Will Government Help or Hinder? [Seite 26]
7.5 - Connected Ecosystems [Seite 27]
7.6 - Setting the Stage for Long-Term Success [Seite 29]
7.7 - Platforms for Continuous Innovation [Seite 30]
7.8 - Endnotes [Seite 31]
8 - Chapter 1 Cities of Our Dreams [Seite 33]
8.1 - What Makes a City Smart? [Seite 37]
8.2 - Cities on a Hill [Seite 39]
8.3 - A New Approach to City Planning [Seite 41]
8.4 - Thinking beyond Technology [Seite 42]
8.5 - Looking Backward [Seite 43]
8.6 - Smart by Necessity [Seite 45]
8.7 - Public-Private Partnerships [Seite 47]
8.8 - Open Data [Seite 50]
8.9 - Skin in the Game [Seite 53]
8.10 - Follow the Dream [Seite 55]
8.11 - Endnotes [Seite 58]
9 - Chapter 2 Data Cities [Seite 61]
9.1 - Open Is Smarter [Seite 63]
9.2 - Hacking in Berlin [Seite 66]
9.3 - Thousands of Layers [Seite 68]
9.4 - The Rise of Data Science [Seite 71]
9.5 - A Web of Information [Seite 74]
9.6 - Saving Water and Protecting Children [Seite 75]
9.7 - Cops, Firefighters, and Data Scientists [Seite 78]
9.8 - Endnotes [Seite 80]
10 - Chapter 3 Cities in Motion [Seite 83]
10.1 - Congestion Pricing [Seite 86]
10.2 - Expanding Opportunities [Seite 87]
10.3 - Car Culture Remains Strong [Seite 90]
10.4 - Will the Car Find a Parking Spot? [Seite 92]
10.5 - Learning to Love Big Data [Seite 93]
10.6 - Multimodal Mobility [Seite 95]
10.7 - Battling Complacency [Seite 97]
10.8 - Moving Goods and People [Seite 99]
10.9 - Jobs and Access to Transit [Seite 101]
10.10 - The Bottleneck at Morrill's Corner [Seite 103]
10.11 - Endnotes [Seite 104]
11 - Chapter 4 Forces of Attraction [Seite 109]
11.1 - Racing to Quality [Seite 110]
11.2 - Punching a Featherbed [Seite 113]
11.3 - A Billion Saved Is a Billion Earned [Seite 114]
11.4 - Big Brother and the Nanny State [Seite 117]
11.5 - Flatter Organizations and Circular Economies [Seite 118]
11.6 - The Future of Work Is the Future of Cities [Seite 122]
11.7 - Workforce Transformation [Seite 125]
11.8 - Endnotes [Seite 127]
12 - Chapter 5 Human-Centered Design [Seite 129]
12.1 - Targeting Hard Problems [Seite 131]
12.2 - Blending in Behavioral Science [Seite 132]
12.3 - Bringing Together Data and Design [Seite 135]
12.4 - Plain Language [Seite 137]
12.5 - Back to the Drawing Board [Seite 138]
12.6 - Invisible Heroes [Seite 140]
12.7 - Keeping It Simple [Seite 142]
12.8 - Single Purpose, Many Hats [Seite 142]
12.9 - Designing for Usability [Seite 143]
12.10 - Endnotes [Seite 145]
13 - Chapter 6 Citizens in the Loop [Seite 147]
13.1 - Weaving a Stronger Social Fabric [Seite 150]
13.2 - Knowledge Champions [Seite 153]
13.3 - Start-Up Government [Seite 154]
13.4 - Following Instincts, Not Tech Trends [Seite 155]
13.5 - Endnote [Seite 156]
14 - Chapter 7 We Decide [Seite 157]
14.1 - Updating Democracy [Seite 159]
14.2 - Ditch the Status Quo [Seite 161]
14.3 - Technopolitics [Seite 163]
14.4 - Collaborative Government [Seite 164]
14.5 - Strengthening Social Ties [Seite 168]
14.6 - Narrowing the Focus to Specific Segments [Seite 170]
14.7 - Works in Progress [Seite 172]
14.8 - It's the Journey, Not the Destination [Seite 173]
14.9 - Endnotes [Seite 175]
15 - Chapter 8 Smart Nation [Seite 177]
15.1 - Tabula Rasa [Seite 179]
15.2 - Fortune Plays a Hand [Seite 180]
15.3 - X-Road [Seite 182]
15.4 - Building Trust through Practice [Seite 184]
15.5 - Once Only [Seite 186]
15.6 - Turning an Attack into a Challenge [Seite 187]
15.7 - In the Know [Seite 189]
15.8 - The Shape of Things to Come [Seite 190]
15.9 - Endnotes [Seite 191]
16 - Chapter 9 Paint a Bull's-Eye on Them [Seite 193]
16.1 - The Bored [Seite 194]
16.2 - The Desperate [Seite 195]
16.3 - The Villainous [Seite 195]
16.4 - Small Disruptions Can Have Large Consequences [Seite 197]
16.5 - Data in Motion [Seite 200]
16.6 - People Are Worth More Than Data [Seite 202]
16.7 - Cybersecurity by Design [Seite 204]
16.8 - The Smart-City CISO [Seite 206]
16.9 - Hierarchies and Networks [Seite 207]
16.10 - A Universe of Connected People and Devices [Seite 208]
16.11 - Endnotes [Seite 210]
17 - Chapter 10 Finding a Balance [Seite 213]
17.1 - Data for Good [Seite 214]
17.2 - Location, Location, Location [Seite 216]
17.3 - Hard Questions [Seite 219]
17.4 - Algorithmic Bias [Seite 221]
17.5 - Can We Prevent Crime Before It Happens? [Seite 225]
17.6 - Red Flags [Seite 226]
17.7 - Will Smart Cities Respect Privacy? [Seite 227]
17.8 - Pushing Back [Seite 228]
17.9 - Endnote [Seite 230]
18 - Chapter 11 Deceptive Complexity [Seite 231]
18.1 - Progressive Development [Seite 235]
18.2 - Evolving Strategies [Seite 236]
18.3 - Enter the Smartivist [Seite 238]
18.4 - Defining the Smart-City Process [Seite 239]
18.5 - Six Fields of Action [Seite 241]
18.6 - Smart Economy [Seite 242]
18.7 - Smart Environment [Seite 242]
18.8 - Smart Government [Seite 243]
18.9 - Smart Living [Seite 243]
18.10 - Smart Mobility [Seite 244]
18.11 - Smart People [Seite 244]
18.12 - Toward the Fourth Generation of Smart Cities [Seite 245]
18.13 - Endnotes [Seite 246]
19 - Appendix A Organizations and Councils [Seite 249]
19.1 - Endnote [Seite 261]
20 - Appendix B Conferences and Events [Seite 263]
21 - Glossary [Seite 267]
21.1 - Endnotes [Seite 274]
22 - Recommended Reading [Seite 275]
22.1 - Nonfiction [Seite 275]
22.2 - Fiction [Seite 277]
23 - Meet Our Expert Sources [Seite 279]
24 - About the Authors [Seite 321]
25 - Index [Seite 323]
26 - EULA [Seite 339]
